Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering (2008)
ジャンル : ドキュメンタリー
上映時間 : 59分
演出 : Michael Blackwood
シノプシス
Accentuating the effects of space, light and structure, glass has become an architectural staple that encourages transparency and visibility throughout a variety of landscapes. After its role in the last century's call to a radical new architecture and urban life, glass architecture is today more ubiquitous than ever.
他人の夢に潜入してアイデアを盗み出す企業スパイのコブは国際指名手配犯であるが、それと同時に妻モルを殺した容疑もかけられていた。そんな彼に日本人男性サイトーからある依頼が。それはこれまでのように思考を盗み出すのではなく、標的にした人物の潜在意識に、あるアイデアを移植する“インセプション”という仕事だった。コブはサイトーを含むスペシャリスト6人を集め、標的の男性ロバートの夢に潜入しようとする。
海辺の別荘に2年前に投函された手紙が届く。手紙のやり取りを始めると、男は時間軸が違うと気づく。そして未来では男が死んでしまい、女はそれを回避するために行動する。男の死は免れ、2人は出会うことができた。
銃の開発によって膨大な富を築き上げたウィンチェスター一族の女性で、娘と夫に先立たれたサラは、銃で死んだ人々の怨霊から身を守るため24時間365日、とりつかれたように屋敷の増改築を繰り返していた。狂気にとらわれたサラを診察しに屋敷を訪れた精神科医のエリックは、ある部屋に違和感を抱く。
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library.
イギリス。バクスター夫妻は、突如として愛娘クリスティン(シャロン・ウィリアムズ)を水難事故で失ってしまう。 数ヶ月後、ジョン(ドナルド・サザーランド)は妻ローラ(ジュリー・クリスティ)を連れ、教会修復の仕事でイタリアのベニス(ヴェネツィア)へと赴いていた。ある日、夫妻は年老いた姉妹と邂逅する。姉ウェンディ(クレリア・マタニア)曰く、盲目の妹ヘザー(ヒラリー・メイソン)には霊感があり、赤いレインコートを着た亡き娘さんの姿が視えるというのだ。その後、姉妹と再会したローラは、亡き娘の言葉を借りたヘザーから「ベニスを去らなければ、ジョンの身に危険が降りかかる」と忠告される。ジョンはその警告に取り合わず、ローラは不安になるのだった。
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ハンナ、ホリー、リーの芸術家三姉妹と、二人の男性の恋愛関係を絡めながら、“人生のほろ苦さ”を描いた感動作。シニカルなのにコミカルで、でもその視点は終始温かいというアレンならではの作品。
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